1 O Lord, You have searched me and known me.

2 Y ou know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar.

3 Y ou scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.

4 E ven before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O Lord, You know it all.

5 Y ou have enclosed me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me.

6 S uch knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot attain to it.

7 W here can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?

8 I f I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.

9 I f I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,

10 E ven there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me.

11 I f I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, And the light around me will be night,”

12 E ven the darkness is not dark to You, And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to You.

13 F or You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb.

14 I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.

15 M y frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;

16 Y our eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them.

17 H ow precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them!

18 I f I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You.

19 O that You would slay the wicked, O God; Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.

20 F or they speak against You wickedly, And Your enemies take Your name in vain.

21 D o I not hate those who hate You, O Lord ? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

22 I hate them with the utmost hatred; They have become my enemies.

23 S earch me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts;

24 A nd see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.